Ministry of Jal Shakti
Establishment Of Water Cleaning Units Under NMCG
Under Namami Gange Programme, so far 160 sewerage infrastructure projects have been taken up with a sanctioned cost of Rs.24,633.01 crore for creation and rehabilitation of 4930 Million Litres per Day  of Sewage Treatment Plant  capacity and laying of 5,227 km of sewerage network, out of this 78 projects have been completed resulting in creation and rehabilitation of 1,169 MLD of STP capacity and laying of 3,908 km sewerage network. Details of these projects which helps in cleaning of river Ganga and its tributaries is enclosed in Annexure-I and the list of treatment plant established in the last 5 years state wise is given in Annexure-II.
On the Ganga main stem towns , projects have been taken up to create 3341 MLD sewerage treatment capacity against generation of 2953 MLD . The STP capacity in the main stem have increased from 1305 MLD  to 2407 MLD . 42 projects have been taken up in towns located along river Yamuna, Hindon, Kali , Ramganga, Saryu, Gomti, Chambal, Rispana-Bindal, Dhela, Kharkai, Son, Kosi, Damodar, Banka and Barakar.
The final estimates and funds released by Government of India and subsequently disbursed/released by National Mission for Clean Ganga during the last three financial years i.e. FY 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and for the financial year 2021-22 till 28th February, 2022 are tabulated below:-
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Financial Year
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Final
Estimates
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Releases by Government of India
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Disbursement/ Expenditure by National Mission for Clean Ganga
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2018-19
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2,370.00
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2,307.50
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2,626.54
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2019-20
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1,553.44
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1,553.40
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2,673.09
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2020-21
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1,300.00
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1,300.00
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1,339.97
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2021-22|
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1,900.00
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1,350.00
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1,425.75
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Total
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7,123.44
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6,510.90
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8,065.35Under the Namami Gange Programme, Central Pollution Control Board  is carrying out water quality assessment of the River Ganga at 97 locations in 5 main stem States through the respective State Pollution Control Boards .
As per CPCB data for 2021, the observed water quality of river Ganga indicates that Dissolved Oxygen , which is an indicator of river health has been found to be within acceptable limits of notified primary bathing water quality criteria and is satisfactory to support the ecosystem of the river for almost the entire stretch of the river Ganga. As per CPCB report of 2018, there were four polluted stretches on main stem of river Ganga  ranging between 3-6 mg/l as per CPCB categorization of polluted stretch. As per comparison of median data of water quality parameters viz., DO, BOD and FC of year 2014 and 2021; DO  has improved at 31 locations; BOD at 46 locations and FC at 23 locations, respectively.
The definition of various priority categories is given below:
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Priority Category
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I
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II
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III
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IV
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V
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Criteria
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BOD > 30 mg/l
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BOD: 20-30 mg/l
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BOD: 10-20 mg /l
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BOD: 6-10
mg/l
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BOD: 3-6
mg / l
Steps taken by the Government to control ground water pollution including Arsenic contamination are detailed below:
To make provision of potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to every rural household by 2024, since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission  – Har Ghar Jal. Under JJM, while allocating the funds to States/ UTs, 10% weightage is given to the population residing in habitations affected by chemical contaminants including Arsenic.
Since, planning, implementation and commissioning of piped water supply schemes based on a safe water source takes time, purely as an interim measure, States/ UTs have been advised to install community water purification plants  especially in Arsenic and Fluoride affected habitations to provide potable water to every household at the rate of 8–10 litre per capita per day  to meet their drinking and cooking requirements.
Under Jal Jeevan Mission, as per existing guidelines, IS 10500 is to be adopted for ensuring safe drinking water supply and States/ UTs have been advised to carry out water quality testing of drinking water sources on regular basis.
To enable States/ UTs to test water samples for water quality, and for sample collection, reporting, monitoring and surveillance of drinking water sources, an online JJM – Water Quality Management Information System  portal has been developed, which is available in public domain on JJM Dashboard and can also be accessed at: https://neer.icmr.org.in/website/main.php
This portal also provides automated alerts to concerned authorities in States/ UTs, if the water sample test contaminated, to initiate remedial actions. On this portal an individual can also register his sample and choose nearby water quality testing laboratory to get the water sample tested.
To encourage water quality testing to ensure potable drinking water supply, States/ UTs have been advised to open water quality testing laboratories to general public at a nominal rate for testing of their water samples.
States/UTs have also been advised to identify and train 5 persons preferably women in each village from local community viz. ASHA workers, health workers, VWSC members, teachers, etc. to conduct water quality tests using FTKs/ bacteriological vials at village level and report the same on the portal.
Also, based on the assessment of ground water quality for the year 2020, wherever concentration of Arsenic and other Heavy Metals were found exceeding BIS Drinking Water Standards IS 10500:2012, concerned States/ UTs were requested to direct concerned State Depts. vide CPCB letter dated 17.03.2022 to take actions such as:
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Sealing of hand pumps/ wells having contaminated ground water
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Display sign board indicating  in vernacular language.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.